#63 Steve Nicosia, Catcher, 30 yrs, Milwaukee Brewers

#63 Steve Nicosia, Catcher, 30 yrs, Milwaukee Brewers
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Steve Nicosia

8/6/1955
30

6"5
235

Catcher
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R

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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,640,000
1988
6 Year(s), 44 Days (1076 total Days)
42 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 1 Days (1377 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
Out of Option Years

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	5	5	7	6
Versus LHP	6	5	4	7	6
Versus RHP	7	5	5	7	7
Talent	6	4	4	8	6

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4
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3
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Fielding Ratings
C : 5 (Range), .987 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 3 (Range), .950 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 6
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
4/26	@CAL	W 7-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
4/27	@CAL	W 9-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
4/28	@CAL	W 14-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
5/5	KC	W 9-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
5/6	KC	L 1-5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
5/7	KC	L 2-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
5/8	@CLE	L 7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
5/10	@CLE	L 6-7	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	#4
5/11	@TOR	L 7-8	5	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	#4
5/12	@TOR	L 8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 1986

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	30	51	14	0	1	0	4	8	8	6	.275	.373	.314	.687	.649	.039

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	10	62	0	0	0	0	3	0	16	1	0	0	.0	7.0	4.7

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	20	6	0	1	0	1	3	5	2	0	1	0	.300	.423	.400	.823
vs. RHP	31	8	0	0	0	3	5	3	4	0	2	0	.258	.324	.258	.582
Close/Late	14	2	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	0	2	0	.143	.176	.143	.319
Scoring Position	11	4	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.364	.462	.364	.825
Pinch Hitting	16	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	.188	.250	.188	.438

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	11	16	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	.250	.381	.250	.631
Road	19	35	10	0	1	0	4	6	4	4	.286	.341	.343	.684
Last Week	6	12	7	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	.583	.500	.750	1.250
March/April	23	38	7	0	0	0	3	6	7	4	.184	.311	.184	.495
May	7	13	7	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	.538	.471	.692	1.163

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1979	74	98	28	3	0	3	17	15	5	4	0	0	.286	.320	.408	.729	ATL
1980	127	361	80	14	2	12	58	39	23	26	2	0	.222	.268	.371	.639	ATL NYY ATL NYY
1981	159	555	156	15	7	14	65	66	62	41	0	0	.281	.353	.409	.762	PHL ATL
1982	147	477	160	16	3	16	73	76	52	44	2	5	.335	.401	.482	.883	ATL CLE
1983	153	507	143	43	4	9	68	81	72	50	0	0	.282	.371	.436	.807	CLE
1984	151	547	150	21	6	18	55	80	58	52	0	2	.274	.344	.433	.777	CLE
1985	131	282	72	14	3	8	42	45	26	44	0	0	.255	.318	.411	.730	MIL
1986	30	51	14	0	1	0	4	8	8	6	0	0	.275	.373	.314	.687	MIL
Total	972	2878	803	126	26	80	382	410	306	267	4	7	.279	.348	.424	.773

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1986

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	6	6	38	5	1	45	2	.956	54.0	7.50	0	7	2	28.6
First Base	7	4	41	2	4	43	0	1.000	35.0	11.06

Player History

Drafted in 3rd round, 54th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1978... Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/1979, off Stan Bahnsen (NYM)... Hit first career homerun on 5/26/1979, off Dick Selma (SD)... Trad
ed from Atlanta to New York (A) on 4/22/1980 (Going to ATL: C J. Wockenfuss, 2B G. Hubbard, P M. Kinnunen, P D. Demola. Going to NYY: P F. Tanana, CF J. Cardenal, C S. Nicosia, P S. Perzanowski
, P B. Paschall)... Traded from New York (A) to Atlanta on 5/13/1980 (Going to ATL: P F. Tanana, CF J. Cardenal, C S. Nicosia, P B. Paschall, P S. Perzanowski. Going to NYY: C J. Wockenfuss, 2B
G. Hubbard, P D. Demola, P M. Kinnunen)... Traded from Atlanta to New York (A) on 5/20/1980 (Going to NYY: CF J. Cardenal, C S. Nicosia, P B. Paschall, P S. Perzanowski. Going to ATL: C J. Woc
kenfuss, 2B G. Hubbard, P D. Demola)... Traded from New York (A) to Oakland on 7/15/1980 (Going to NYY: P C. Acosta, C J. Wathan. Going to OAK: C S. Nicosia)... Traded from Oakland to Philadelphi
a on 7/22/1980 (Going to PHL: C S. Nicosia. Going to OAK: C R. Fosse)... Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 8/29/1980... Traded from Philadelphia to Atlanta on 6/24/1981 (Going to ATL: 3B J. Ga
ntner, C S. Nicosia. Going to PHL: 2B G. Hubbard, RF M. Marshall)... Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1982, hitting .588 with 0 HR, 8 RBI...
Traded from Atlanta to Cleveland on 6/17/1982 (Going to CLE: P D. Schmidt, P J. Martin, C S. Nicosia. Going to ATL: 1B D. Kingman, P B. Sutter)...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1982, hitting .647 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Kansas City on 7/9/1983...
Injured on 10/3/1983 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/1/1985 to a 4-year deal worth $4,640,000 per year...
Injured on 5/27/1985 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1982 - .335 - 8th

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